Igor Paskar was one of the first political prisoners to be supported by Solidarity zone. He has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ of imprisonment for two anti-war actions. In September Igor’s sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court. Now, he can only expect to be released before 2030 if there is a substantial change in the political situation in Russia.
We tell Igor Paskar’s story, briefly, on the cards. You can read about his case in more detail on our web site (in Russian).
💌 You can support Igor by writing a letter: Russia, 663180, Красноярский край, г. Енисейск, ул. Декабристов, д. 11, Т-2 Paskar Igor Konstantinovich d.o.b. 1976 (Паскарь Игорь Константинович 21.04.1976 г.р.)
📧 You can write via PrisonMail.Online service: "Krasnoyarsk region" ⮕ "Prison-2 Yeniseisk"
Igor Paskar was one of the first political prisoners to be supported by Solidarity zone. He has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ of imprisonment for two anti-war actions. In September Igor’s sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court. Now, he can only expect to be released before 2030 if there is a substantial change in the political situation in Russia.
We tell Igor Paskar’s story, briefly, on the cards. You can read about his case in more detail on our web site (in Russian).
💌 You can support Igor by writing a letter: Russia, 663180, Красноярский край, г. Енисейск, ул. Декабристов, д. 11, Т-2 Paskar Igor Konstantinovich d.o.b. 1976 (Паскарь Игорь Константинович 21.04.1976 г.р.)
📧 You can write via PrisonMail.Online service: "Krasnoyarsk region" ⮕ "Prison-2 Yeniseisk"
Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. But Telegram says people want to keep their chat history when they get a new phone, and they like having a data backup that will sync their chats across multiple devices. And that is why they let people choose whether they want their messages to be encrypted or not. When not turned on, though, chats are stored on Telegram's services, which are scattered throughout the world. But it has "disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments," Telegram states on its website. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback.
from tw
